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Pope Leo quoted Gandalf in Encyclical

churchpop.com
3 points·by ajd555·hace 2 meses·3 comments

Orientale basin photographed by Artemis II

nasa.gov
2 points·by ajd555·hace 3 meses·2 comments

Hacker News inspired news board for freight

news.freight.nyc
2 points·by ajd555·hace 3 meses·1 comments

How to build vector tiles from scratch

debuisne.com
112 points·by ajd555·hace 10 meses·33 comments

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ajd555
·hace 30 días·discuss
I did get quite a laugh when the comments made me realize what an asshat I was
ajd555
·hace 30 días·discuss
Damn it - well, I'll never live this one down, I'll learn to shut up next time
ajd555
·hace 30 días·discuss
Confusing skeptic and sceptic will never not be funny to me (edit: I now live in shame)
ajd555
·hace 2 meses·discuss
Is it common in these Launch HNs to have a "Live on Hacker News" on the website banner. What does that mean? The link doesn't even point to this thread, but only the main page. Perhaps this is common, but I just don't get it
ajd555
·hace 2 meses·discuss
"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till."
ajd555
·hace 2 meses·discuss
2nd link doesn't work. That would be a neat tool, to find the original article and see how many levels of AI summary it has gone through, a game of AI telephone!
ajd555
·hace 3 meses·discuss
A news aggregator like HN but specifically for freight: https://news.freight.nyc

The idea is mostly to build a community for the sector I work in, since there isn't any (aside from Reddit...)
ajd555
·hace 3 meses·discuss
> It is identifiable by the dark splotches that cover its surface. These are ancient lava flows from a time early in the Moon’s history when it was volcanically active.
ajd555
·hace 3 meses·discuss
So, if this does help reduce the cost of tokens, why not go even further and shorten the syntax with specific keywords, symbols and patterns, to reduce the noise and only keep information, almost like...a programming language?
ajd555
·hace 3 meses·discuss
I built this very simple tool, inspired by Hacker News' simple yet convenient UI, to create a community around the latest freight developments (I run a last-mile delivery fleet in NYC). I'm mostly posting about NYC freight news, but would love to get other freight enthusiasts/professionals/insiders to join and share their insights and thoughts, not just in NYC or even the US. The tool is simple, with almost no JS and all SSR, to keep things simple. It's still running on my dev server at home, so uptime is not guaranteed. Open to any feedback on this.
ajd555
·hace 9 meses·discuss
I'm currently working on building a local delivery service using electric cargo bikes in NYC: https://hudsonshipping.co. We are planning to launch our first pilot in early 2026 with our first customers in Brooklyn. We've built all of the tech in-house to manage the fleet, deliveries and optimize our routes. If you know of anyone that would like to be a part of the pilot program, feel free to reach out to me!
ajd555
·hace 9 meses·discuss
If a ping to a specific IP times out, I wouldn't say the IP is blocked. It could be that ICMP specifically is blocked, following some network rules on the firewall. This is pretty common in entreprise networks to not allow endpoint discovery. I could be missing something and happy to be corrected here, but I was surprised to read that.
ajd555
·hace 9 meses·discuss
Still working on building a local delivery service in NYC using electric Cargo Bikes, at https://hudsonshipping.co. We're aiming to launch our first pilot in early 2026 in Brooklyn!
ajd555
·hace 10 meses·discuss
Any idea why Spain and Portugal have such small isometric zones? An obvious factor is the mountains in the North, but I'm surprised there isn't easier access between the Iberian peninsula and France
ajd555
·hace 10 meses·discuss
So running a SQL query and returning GeoJSON? Sorry that didn't work - hopefully you can work on another system like this soon, with someone who actually understands the benefits of tiles!
ajd555
·hace 10 meses·discuss
Thank you! I'll take a look, this looks great
ajd555
·hace 10 meses·discuss
Good to know - thank you!
ajd555
·hace 10 meses·discuss
Awesome, good job! Did you implement likes and polygons too?
ajd555
·hace 10 meses·discuss
This is amazing, I hadn't come across these tools, these are extremely useful!
ajd555
·hace 10 meses·discuss
I have not looked at PMTiles, so far everything holds nicely generated in memory, so I haven't had the need to store this information. I'll keep it in mind.

Any idea why Mapbox GL JS doesn't support GeoJSON vector tiles?